Made it to work

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 03/01/2017 at 11:09 • Filed to: None

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Rolling the windows up in this car has zero effect on cabin noise. Also, not bad for $350 and I can make a lot of jokes about that price. Mustang GT$350. TreeFiddyStang. Etc. I could go on. Mostly I just wanna figure out WTF in my exhaust is obnoxiously rattling before I rip my ears out.

random001 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/01/2017 at 11:11

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You didn’t learn last time?!

CalzoneGolem > random001 03/01/2017 at 11:13

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Shhh it is more entertaining for us this way.

random001 > CalzoneGolem 03/01/2017 at 11:15

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Alright, I concede the point...

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/01/2017 at 11:17

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The Loch Ness Mustang: it needed about three fiddy.

crowmolly > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/01/2017 at 11:17

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This needs to be a homebrew SVO

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > random001 03/01/2017 at 11:18

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Kinda hard to pass up $350 for a running driving car. I’ve been lusting over this thing for three years and for three years it sat in my buddy’s field.

Urambo Tauro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/01/2017 at 11:19

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Check for a loose heat shield. A nice big hose clamp around each catalytic converter took care of mine.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > crowmolly 03/01/2017 at 11:19

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Nah. V8 coming Eventually (tm). I’ve had turbo 4 cars. I’ve never had a V8 RWD one and really, really want to. So when the girlfriend is done with this as her daily it’s getting a Summit Racing catalog hurled firmly in its direction.

crowmolly > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/01/2017 at 11:20

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I can only imagine the mountain of scrap you’re going to have. LOL.

Keeping it Ford?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Urambo Tauro 03/01/2017 at 11:22

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Yeah I think it’s a combination of the catalyst rattling around inside the converter and loose heat shields. The solution is usually hose clamps for the heat shields and then some long-ass wood screws through the converter to hold the core in place. If it leaks where they were screwed in I can weld it.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > crowmolly 03/01/2017 at 11:23

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Probably. 5.0s swap into these insanely easy. Some subframe connectors to keep things from getting schwifty, err, twisty, and it’s all good. I’m all about cheap and easy.

crowmolly > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/01/2017 at 11:25

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Torque boxes look good?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > crowmolly 03/01/2017 at 11:30

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What’s a torque box?

crowmolly > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/01/2017 at 11:39

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Where the control arms on the rear react. Not sure how big a problem it really is for low-ish power, but worth looking at just in case.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > crowmolly 03/01/2017 at 11:59

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I dunno. Plan is a stock 5.0HO with the C3 and puny rear end. Add some weld-in subframe connectors to avoid twisting the chassis and the moderate power from a stock emissions-squeezed 5.0 shouldn’t nuke the trans or dif immediately and give me time to upgrade those in stages.

Frank Grimes > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/01/2017 at 15:49

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google around I found a book that had a bunch of fox body projects and had plans for subframe connectors and strut bars and stuff like that to make yourself and save a crap load of money. Assuming you own a welder and tools.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Frank Grimes 03/01/2017 at 16:25

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I do, but the weld-in style is really cheap on CJ pony parts to the point where it doesn’t make sense to waste hours trying to make it myself to save the $30 extra over teh cost of materials

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/02/2017 at 12:02

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If you have the time, do a 347 stroker build from a 5.0 block.

Summit has a kit.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 03/02/2017 at 12:05

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“time”

I think you mean “money”. I was going to buy a 5.0HO with wiring harness and computer this weekend for $400 but the guy sold it out from under me. Dick. Oh, well.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/02/2017 at 12:41

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daaamn. but are you planning to rebuild the 5.0 you get or just run it as is?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 03/02/2017 at 12:51

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If I can hear it running before I get it and it sounds alright I’ll probably just replace the rear main seal and dump it in the car.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/02/2017 at 13:03

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fair enough.